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[New York] For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar
a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life ... Sharing cigarettes is also bad, but there is a theory in the literature that this is not because of the exchange of saliva but because smoking irritates the mucous mem
May 19, 2013
New York Times
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May 19, 2013 07:40
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Chronic cough as a neuropathic disorder
In this Personal View, we argue that chronic cough is a neuropathic disorder that arises from neural damage caused by a range of inflammatory, infective, and allergic factors. In support of this idea, we discuss evidence of successful treatment of chroni
May 3, 2013
The Lancet (uk)
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May 7, 2013 08:34
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[UK] Electronic-cigarettes fears
Chris Bilsborough, 42, used an e-cigarette for four days and was left with a gum infection and spots on his arms and legs. The taxi driver, from Bamber Bridge, near Preston, said: “I sent the electronic thing back to the shop and he said he would give m
May 3, 2013
Lancashire Evening Post (uk)
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May 3, 2013 15:54
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Smoking in pregnancy triples baby's risk of meningitis
Researchers believe that passive smoking gradually weakens children`s immune system making them more susceptible to the illness, the `Daily Mail` reported. Researchers from the University of Nottingham analysed 18 studies which looked at the link between
Apr 28, 2013
Daily Times (pk)
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Apr 28, 2013 19:09
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[Sweden] Women Who Smoke May Have Higher Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers analyzed data collected from 34,000 women, aged 54 to 89, in Sweden, 219 of whom had rheumatoid arthritis.
Apr 26, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Apr 28, 2013 18:57
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[Africa, South Africa] Stop smoking to reduce risk of pneumonia in HIV+
An analysis of previous studies published in the journal BMC Medicine reveals that smokers with HIV were at double the risk of contracting bacterial pneumonia compared to HIV-positive non-smokers. However, when people stopped smoking their risk was reduc
Apr 26, 2013
Health-E (za)
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Apr 26, 2013 06:52
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[UK] Smoking Raises Risk of Lung Disease in RA
Risk factors for the development of interstitial lung disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) included male sex, smoking, and seropositivity, a researcher reported here. In contrast to RA patients overall, where there is a large female pred
Apr 23, 2013
MedPage Today
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Apr 24, 2013 09:27
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[Canada, Sweden] Rheumatoid arthritis risk increases with smoking
Even a few cigarettes a day can increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women.
Apr 22, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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Apr 23, 2013 15:01
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[Sweden] Arthritis linked to female smokers
SMOKING just a few cigarettes a day can more than double a woman's risk of rheumatoid arthritis, research has shown. Compared with never-smokers, women who puffed between one and seven cigarettes a day had a 2.31-fold higher chance of developing the dis
Apr 22, 2013
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
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Apr 23, 2013 14:19
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Tech-Cigarette.com Discusses the Tobacco Smoking Catastrophe 2013
the University of California, San Francisco has compiled a data that states that in the coming forty years, over eighteen million more tuberculoses cases ... It is therefore very important that smokers adopt a more suitable smoking mechanism, which appar
Apr 15, 2013
SBWire
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Apr 16, 2013 03:54